Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Mar 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-7873

Description

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the getString function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for INTEGER data. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

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Affected products

Libming/LibmingOSV2 versions
ming-0_3_0, ming-0_3_beta2, ming-0_4_0_beta3, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: ming-0_3_0, ming-0_3_beta2, ming-0_4_0_beta3, …
- (no CPE)range: = 0.4.8

Patches

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References

github.com/libming/libming/issues/111nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00017.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47KZ5RYWQMBN5DVDITBVRDNDCSFNBJ3V/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CQNIJH5EQV2D6KEFGY2467ZS4I7TZLXP/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBFCINUX3XXAPPH77OH6NKACBPFBQXXW/nvd

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